How have I never reviewed Roost59?! Honestly, the food is great and the location is super convenient, BUT the thing that stands out is the owners are rolling up their sleeves, cooking, taking orders and always serving with a smile. I would go even if the food wasn't great, and it is. Try the spinach chicken wrap. I'm drooling just thinking about it. read more

Right around the corner to me. Great food , great staff overall a great place to eat for a lunch break

Best hot tubs around! Great service too. Cute little restaurant. Never had a bad time!

Holy cow super good! $0.99 hot dogs on Sundays even the Chicago style with everything on them and poppyseed buns! Got the churro shake and since we got carry out we were worried it would just be a vanilla shake with churro in the side, but man were we wrong!!!!! Cinnamon churro flavor was IN the shake AND we got a churro on the side!!! 5 stars!! read more

Roost 59 - Churro shake - American Near Me - Lake Villa, Illinois

The hotdogs are the best I have ever had they do it very fast they are very nice there they have dollar hotdogs on Thursday and it is awesome it is only three minutes away from me so I have pretty often and I have never had any bad experience here ever read more

The food is delicious! And the employees are the absolute best!!!! I suffered a heart attack in the restaurant, and it's my understanding that the employees rushed to my aid. Now when I go in there, they always ask how I'm feeling. What wonderful people! read more

This is our "go-to" for anything take-out, or local dine in when COVID has passed. The food is always great, and the service is friendly and swift. We even use them for in-home catering... they are always on time, the prices are reasonable, and everyone always loves the food! A++!! read more

My husband found Roost 59 on Google. We were looking for a good restaurant that really served good food! We decided to give it a try and we are so glad we did! Thanks to the reviews we found our local comfort food restaurant!!! read more

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Highly recommend Roost 59. Everything on the menu is excellent. I have never had a bad meal yet. Very large menu. My favorite is the Italian beef and sweet potato fries that come with a honey dipping sauce. Family owned and opposed. This is a must go to eatery on my list. read more

I can't say enough good things about this place. The staff is always friendly and professional. I love the diversity of the menu and I have never had a bad meal from them. Their shakes are THE BEST read more

My favorite place to go when I don't wanna cook. Hotdogs are $1 on Sunday . Love the milkshakes read more

Roost 59 - American Near Me - Lake Villa, Illinois

I give this 4 stars and that's for the food only. The customer service needs some work. In today's time the local businesses are asking the locals to support them . I was at Roost twice in the last 2 weeks, paid for my food and not one thankyou from the gal working the register. What's wrong with people. read more

No idea why there are so many positive reviews unless most are from the owner and/or employees! It's just nowhere near good. I've decided to review after my second horrible experience. The first was just an Italian sandwich ordered. Extremely watery where the bread was so soggy you couldn't even eat. It wasn't even traditional Italian beef. It tasted like plain beef (no au ju juice/sauce) in soggy bread. Now onto my experience tonight after deciding to give it another try... this time I ordered the "Roost Pork" that seemed to be popular among the reviews. It was by far one of the most disgusting sandwiches I've ever ordered. It looked like crumbled dog food but tasted like crumbled soy product in greese. So much greese it was a puddle on the wrapper. However the meat didn't even look like meat but more so overcooked crumbles of who knows what. Last but not least, I thought for sure the sweet potato fries were going to be one thing that they got right (again, after reading the reviews) but couldn't be far from the truth. They were RAW!!! I'm talking, like if you sliced a sweet potato up, dipped it in batter, dropped it in a deep fryer and pulled out pretty fast. It didn't have time to cook. It was hard and tasted like fresh cut raw potato. Yikes!! Going to try and figure out how to add pics of this dog food.. read more

Roost 59 - Half of a Roost Pork sandwich dripping in greese! - American Near Me - Lake Villa, Illinois

WOW! This is truly a diamond in the middle of boofoo aka bumble aka the rough. Great place to grab a bite if you are in the area. Summary: Eat the Roost Beef or Roost Pork (Asian inspired I think), Eat the Sweet Potato Fries, Eat the Apple Rings. Great favor, made to order. I was so surprised at how amazing the favors are. When I walking in, they look like any hot dog and fries shop. I ordered the Roost Pork and my girlfriend ordered the Roost Beef. I was expecting like a regular italian beef, and like an italian pork. HOLY WOWZER THESE SANDWICHES ROCK!!! Though they may not admit it, but these sandwiches definitely had a asian influence. The Roost Beef tasted like a bulgogi mixed with italian beef on a french roll and for $1 more my girlfriend got the sweet potato fries. I have had sweet potato fries before, but never thicker cut like this and with a great sweet sauce. The Roost Pork has this semi-buffalo/asian red sauce that was a favor explosion in my mouth. We also ordered another thing they are known for, Apple Rings, call me USHER cause OMG! Its fuji apples that are fried and covered in powdered sugar. You would think this would be too sweet, but I was so surprised of how not so sweet it was which made it easy to eat many... :) The biscuits are different and they are a mix between biscuit and cornbread, really good when hot!!! Finally, I wanted to talk about the chicken. Eventhough I didnt eat it, the brand was Krispy Krunchy Chicken, I am aware of one in Schaumburg, and I had Chicken there before. It is dry, but it tastes good cause its a fresh chicken (halal) vs. the normal frozen stuff. Not the best I ever had, but still good. The owner said they are currently working on unbranding with Krispy Krunchy cause they are being wack with francise costs. I will have to go back and try that when they fully unbrand. Other deal: $1 hot dogs on Sundays read more

Love this place and have been trying to make it a regular stop on Sundays for .99 hot dogs. Dogs are good and the selection of fried deserts are awesome! Never tried fried Oreo's till I went here and have ordered them many times since. Love this place! read more

This diner has the best and largest deep fried mushrooms in the area! The batter is light and tasty...the.mushrooms are large and very delicious. One could make a meal of rhem alone. The only minor draw back is the container that the dipping sauce comes in. This doesnt detract from a 5 star rating however. read more

The food isn't bad. My family has gone here multiple times. However, this time we ordered off the menu, our total should have been around 15-17 dollars. The menu has the roost special listed as 5.50 and a hot dog 2.95. so we ordered 2 roost beef specials and a hot dog. My husband paid and I didn't see it until after and it was 29.33. When I called to ask why it was so much the lady had a bit of an attitude and told me their prices went up but the menu has not been updated. She then hung up. I am not one to leave reviews unless they are good, but this time the fact that it was double what it should have been and she hung up. I would not recommend at all. read more

Wow, some of the best fried chicken I've ever had. This place is in the middle of nowhere, but boy am I glad I found it. The menu here is all over the place, but in a good way. They were especially proud of their beef sandwich and their pork sandwich, both of which sounded great. I was there for one thing and one thing only though, their fried chicken. It was, for lack of a more creative description,perfect. On the side were the mashed potatoes and gravy, great tatoes but the gravy was a little too... brown? The honey biscuits were great, and very addictive. I had mixed feelings about the potato salad, but overall it was good. The sweet potato fries were great, and the fried apple slices are a reason to go here in themselves. I will definitely be making a return trip to Roost 59. read more

Awesome food. Great people. Everything that I have tried I have like. The roost beef has been the best so far.

I'd give 2.5 stars if I could...as it really came down to price and friendliness. I asked the twentysomething girl working the register what was going on with the Roost special sandwiches (Beef or Pork). She proceeded to point to a taped to the counter sign that had the details and then rapid fire with disinterest read them. Rude doesn't cover that. So I decided to get the Italian Beef deal #7. I was asked how wet I wanted it and if I wanted it sweet or hot. Seriously...for $7.75 for sandwich, small drink, and small fry you gotta charge me the $.40 for the teaspoon serving of typical gardeneria? The bun was toasted so that was nice contrast to the wet on the bottom. Beef was decent, Fries were ok. The fries would have been better but there were only two ketchup bottles and they were on tables with people at them and I thought it would be kinda rude to ask to use their bottle. But price ($8:15 w/o tax) and service brought this down to where I've had better. Washrooms were surprisingly clean given the lack of attention to detail on friendliness and condiments. They claim to be best food on Rt. 59....must be because there are few places to eat on that road in the area. Disappointing... read more

99 cent hot dogs on Sunday, awesome deep fried stuff, never disappointing. The roost burger looks really good. I'm going to try that next! They have unique menu items like catfish, deep fried Oreos, Mac n cheese bites, apple rings,roost sauce for beefs, burgers, and pork sandwiches read more

Very Surprised! Excellent food. My boyfriend and I had the roost pork, roost beef, sweet potato fries, and apple rings. The flavors are great, the roost pork had a buffalo-like sauce and the roost beef reminded me of bulgogi (korean beef). The sweet potato fries were different from other ones that i've had. They were sweet yet savory and the sauce that comes with the sweet potato fries is an excellent pair. The apple rings were a great end to our great meal. Roost 59 is in the middle of nowhere, but if you happen to be in the area definitely stop by and grab some yumminess~ read more

The clear winner on this menu is the apple rings. Deep fried apple awesomeness. Do not miss them. I had the roost pork, which was decent, though a bit messy. My friends had the Catfish, I think, and said that it "tasted like lake." I don't know what catfish is supposed to taste like and I didn't try any, but they weren't fans. I believe we also got an order of sweet potato fries and they were quite good. We ate right outside the door, at a picnic table, which was nice, except for the crazy vending machine right inside the door, which beckoned for someone to feed it money every 30 seconds or so. read more

The Roost Beef is phenomenal & the .99 Vienna Chicago Style dogs on Sundays are a great deal! It's you're typical Chicagoland hot dog stand with some twists. I've had nothing but good experiences & will continue to stop by. Try the Roost Beef if you haven't it's worth the visit for that, I like it with sweet peppers & cheese! read more

I'm giving this little homey place 5 stars for carrying vegetarian-friendly options. Their veggie burger was super yummy, and I was thrilled to have a location so close that serves a good veggie burger. Fries were amazing, too! I love this little spot. The rest of my family loves their gyros. read more

$1 hotdog sunday! I like the decor in this restaurant and the staff are really friendly. I usually get a hotdog and cheese fries and it tastes very good. Though I can understand some of the bad reviews because once I ordered the jalapeno poppers and weren't cooked thru and tasted freezer burn a bit. Also on the same day which was on a week day the hotdog was cold... there isn't much worse than a cold hotdog. That only happened to me once so it might have been the time and who was working. I now only go when it is busy (on a sunday usually) so that I know I am getting fresh food. So to wrap this up I do recommend going on a sunday for their $1 hotdog deal! :D read more

The main reason I look forward to Sundays is because of this place. Not only are their hotdogs 99 cents but there is always a warm welcoming by this family owned business. They work together and they offer top customer satisfaction. I've been coming here for about 6 years and my Sundays wouldn't be as great without this place. read more

I want to like this place, I can basically see it from my house. Try it ever 6 months or so since Chester (original owner). And it's no better, anything fried u can taste the dirty old grease and half the time they mess up our order. Terrible, and they pretty much fuck up every order. Fucked it up again 10/6/20. Never again read more

I think their menu has everything. The roost pork is fantastic and the place is clean and sober. (no bar / beer) My wife liked their gyros. Great experience for a cheap lunch / dinner. read more

Great fries and Chicago style dogs! Sunday $1 hotdog is a great deal when seven of us all crave hot dogs.

Good food at reasonable prices. Great menu. You're able to watch the cooks make the food. The place is clean, and the people are friendly.

If your ever near, try this place. Anything with the word "Roost" on the menu is guaranteed delicious. Not very expensive at all either, and especially on Sundays when they have 99 cent hotdogs. read more

Great place for carry out. Interesting specials and a nice value. Friendly staff.

Hands down best fried chicken. Looks like a dog place and it is but just the tip of the iceberg. They make the chicken, and as I hear, catfish, to order so there is a little wait. There is room to eat inside and out pending weather, but saw a lot of carry out. We have been there several times , possibly to try something else but cannot get past the chicken. If the rest of the food is as good , it's a hidden gem. read more

YUM!! It's good stuff. The Menu is HUGE!! Never had a problem or a bad meal at Roost. read more

We went back just recently and tried some different items on the menu...the Roost burger, the sweet potato fries, tacos and ice cream. Loved the burger, fries and ice cream. My husband had the tacos and he said he's had better. It is hard to compete with tacos. They looked good to me - had cilantro and onion, but the flavor may not have been great. We also got to talk with one of the owners. It always helps you feel like a part of something when you get to meet the person in charge and see that they really care about their business and their customer's satisfaction. We like this place and will definitely be back to try more. :) read more

5 stars, yes!!! This place has the best Chicago Style hotdogs and there Corn fritters were amazing!!!

Well, I didn't see any laundry or dry cleaning there. I did have some of the BEST fried chicken I've ever had in my life, and what I consider the best in the area. I am also fond of the Roost Beef sandwich, the Italian beef, and the hot dogs. Prices are reasonable, the other food is fabulous (try the apple rings), the place is CLEAN, and the staff is cheerful and helpful. If you have to wait, read one of the many books up front, watch TV or view the bulletin board. read more

This place is amazing! The food is awesome!!!! My favorite is the roost pork and roost beef, which I switch between. They have an amazing selection of food, but I stick to my roosts. The service is very expediate and extremely friendly. They are also very inexpensive and you get a ton of food! Awesome time. I also enjoy playing the arcade games after a great meal. Great times! Best experience and place to eat East of the mississippi!!! read more

I've been going here for a couple years now. Their signature sandwich the "roost beef" is a triumph among sandwiches. Simple yet complex with flavors that dance in your mouth. Let's not forget the super friendly staff. It's a hot dog spot with so much more. read more